| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New International Version |
| 1For the choir director: on the Gittith. A Davidic psalm. Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty. | 1For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David. LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. |
| 2Because of Your adversaries, You have established a stronghold from the mouths of children and nursing infants to silence the enemy and the avenger. | 2Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. |
| 3When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place, | 3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, |
| 4what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him? | 4what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? |
| 5You made him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor. | 5You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. |
| 6You made him lord over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet: | 6You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: |
| 7all the sheep and oxen, as well as the animals in the wild, | 7all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, |
| 8the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea that pass through the currents of the seas. | 8the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. |
| 9Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! | 9LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! |
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